I want you to imagine the following scenario.

You wake up in the morning and there's no dawn.

At 9, 8, 9 o'clock, so dark.

You say maybe by noon things would change, but noon time is bleaker than midnight.

And as the day begins to progress, there is fear, there is apprehension, there is wondering

what's going on and puzzlement, what happened to the sun, why the sun is not shining.

And by evening time, most likely churches will be packed out with people praying and crying to God,

because this is such an experience none of us have ever been through. And then after an all-night

prayer meeting, the following morning, you walk outside, and there you see a few rays of the sun just beginning

to peek through the clouds, indicating that a new day has dawn. Try to imagine your reaction

after 24 hours of fear and trembling. Imagine the joy, imagine the elation. I want you to try to imagine the

thanksgiving and the gratitude. Imagine the praises that will be lifted up to the Lord for the sun

and the sun shining again. But here's the question. The sun shines every day. Why don't

we thank God for the sun every day? Why don't we thank God for the sun every day?

Why don't we thank God every morning that we walk up, that we're alive?

Why don't we daily have a thankful and praising attitude about the creation, about God, and about the blessings and about everything that he has placed in our hands.

Why does it have to happen after a frightful experience?

Ah, because sadly, we have to lose something before we value it.

Sadly, we are just forgetful people.

We just forget.

And this is precisely why you find in the scripture from Genesis to Revelation.

It goes on, I don't know how many hundred times God says,

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